Malaya pa ring makapapasok ang mga pulis at sundalo sa University of the Philippines.
Pahayag ito ni Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro nang tanungin kung babaguhin ang naunang napagkasunduan ng UP at ng Department of National Defense.
Nakasaad kasi sa polisiya ng UP na mayroon itong autonomy sa pamamalakad sa loob ng paaralan. Ibig sabihin, hindi maaring basta na lamang makapasok ang mga pulis at sundalo ng walang kasunduan.
Pero naibasura ang autonomy ng UP noong nakaraang administrasyon ni dating Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.
“No, I am not anymore, that has been a policy already done by my predecessor and I don’t want to reverse the policy. But that does not mean to say that I am not mindful of the autonomy of the University of the Philippines. And I urged everybody to be respectful of that, without the need for any MOA,” pahayag ng Pangulo.
“Actually, when I was Secretary of Defense, I did not also agree to a lot of zones of peace entered into by my local government actually in the Province of Tarlac. Because, I mean, these are used as safe havens. That being said, I was admonished also and I encouraged all law enforcement officers to be really mindful of the balance between freedom of expression and protecting the peace. I mean, look what happened in the change of chancellorship, there was some.. the military didn’t get involved or the police didn’t get involved,” pahayag ni Teodoro.